The cover art is by Earle K. Bergey, and while it’s not as wild or fantastic as I usually like, it really stuck with me. Mostly it’s how the rocketship plowed into the planet like a lawn dart, no crumpling, no debris. But that’s what I love about pulps — maybe the planet is soft? Yeah, that’s the ticket — it’s soft, made of living tissue, and that’s why the tentacles are attacking the stranded crew. It’s just a defense mechanism.

And that’s why I’m a pulp sci fi fan, and why I wanted to make Cosmic Patrol! Take one sweet piece of art and bam! — adventure!

CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT!

We ran a contest for writing/art spots in the next Cosmic Patrol book, Into the Cosmos. It ended Dec. 1 and took me a long time to pick the winners out—all the entries were amazing. That said, they are chosen and I’ll be announcing the winners this week. I just have to wrap a fews things up before I can send out the omniwave communique.